Emerging Transportation Security Threats Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3318.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3318, Emerging Transportation Security Threats Act of 2019” on August 29, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 17, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 29, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55585

  CBO publication date

  August 29, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3318, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3318

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-195 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 30, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/195

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3318, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3318

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 102, June 18, 2019, Page H4772):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--The Congress shall have Power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  299 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3318, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3318

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78f9d0b0f5c13687d0a29b05e84471644d5bc52a2371eac4805af7feef363f20

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